Well Done to the crew on ANZ63 this morning - but what happened ?!
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Ahhhhhh
the thread may have been hijacked, but the photos are good!
MOR, please tell a bugsmasher driver what type of aircraft is the subject of the photos??
Some of us know what the problem with the baby Boeing was,( already correctly guessed) but out of respect for the crew and the airline, have elected to 'sit on it'.
Passengers probably wern't even aware of any 'problem', and , with a good aircraft, well maintained and crewed, with top airline(NO, I dont work for them) that in itself shows the professionalism with which it was handled.
I am sure all will be revealed in due course.
Back to the hijacked thread.....
comments on British built aircraft......... I have had considerable experience with British built Locomotives, thankfully now all have been retired(replaced by American machinery) they were slow, stodgy, cramped, hard to work on, and piddled oil everywhere, nearly as dirty as the steam locos they replaced!
Cheers,
Just plane Loco!
the thread may have been hijacked, but the photos are good!
MOR, please tell a bugsmasher driver what type of aircraft is the subject of the photos??
Some of us know what the problem with the baby Boeing was,( already correctly guessed) but out of respect for the crew and the airline, have elected to 'sit on it'.
Passengers probably wern't even aware of any 'problem', and , with a good aircraft, well maintained and crewed, with top airline(NO, I dont work for them) that in itself shows the professionalism with which it was handled.
I am sure all will be revealed in due course.
Back to the hijacked thread.....
comments on British built aircraft......... I have had considerable experience with British built Locomotives, thankfully now all have been retired(replaced by American machinery) they were slow, stodgy, cramped, hard to work on, and piddled oil everywhere, nearly as dirty as the steam locos they replaced!
Cheers,
Just plane Loco!
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Just for Woomera...
LocoDriver, it's a Hawker Siddeley Trident IIIb. Most of them became fire training devices, sitting at airports looking very sorry for themselves... many now cut up for scrap. There is still a good one a Duxford, and I think the Chinese are still flying theirs.
These photos are of the simulator, spent many hundreds of hours in this sim teaching wannabe airline pilots about flying jets. It is an "old school" simulator, absolutely accurate in the cockpit detail, even down to having the correct heated windows. Sits on a 3DOF motion base that reminds me of British locos (ie it tends to leak a lot of hydraulic fluid).
LocoDriver, it's a Hawker Siddeley Trident IIIb. Most of them became fire training devices, sitting at airports looking very sorry for themselves... many now cut up for scrap. There is still a good one a Duxford, and I think the Chinese are still flying theirs.
These photos are of the simulator, spent many hundreds of hours in this sim teaching wannabe airline pilots about flying jets. It is an "old school" simulator, absolutely accurate in the cockpit detail, even down to having the correct heated windows. Sits on a 3DOF motion base that reminds me of British locos (ie it tends to leak a lot of hydraulic fluid).
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Thanks MOR,
I'm jealous, what a great classic!
One of those sims would be great to have around today.
( 'what time is ECT?' is drooling at the mouth already!)
anyway, back to the Cessna!
Cheers
Totally Loco
Thanks MOR,
I'm jealous, what a great classic!
One of those sims would be great to have around today.
( 'what time is ECT?' is drooling at the mouth already!)
anyway, back to the Cessna!
Cheers
Totally Loco
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It's still around, it lives on a small farm near Biggin Hill. There was a guy that set up after me doing flight training on it, but I can't find his website any more so that may have stopped. The chap that owns it has it running most days.
There's also a Buccaneer motion sim there, and the front end of a Vulcan used to live there too.
I still have my briefing package from those days if anybody wants one.
There's also a Buccaneer motion sim there, and the front end of a Vulcan used to live there too.
I still have my briefing package from those days if anybody wants one.
cheeky loco driver
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And if this thread goes anywhere near the triple gated bi-polar quadraphase thronomister array employed in this aircraft (they drive the the piiiiiiing button) I'll have to consider closing it.
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Done! Bloody Thronominomiministers
Wait a minute......That looks suspiciously like the IOS. Cheeky bugga's those Kiwis.
*Click*
See, we do have a sense of humour
Woomera (Eastern States)
Wait a minute......That looks suspiciously like the IOS. Cheeky bugga's those Kiwis.
*Click*
See, we do have a sense of humour
Woomera (Eastern States)
